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Title: Writing in a foreign language http://www.powershow.com/view/2aaba3-YTZiM/Writing_in_a_foreign_language_powerpoint_ppt_presentation

Julio Tor

1. WRITING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

• The process of learning to write in a foreign language should be started in Primary Education and really never ends.

2. WHAT DO WE MEAN WHEN WE REFER TO WRITING?

• Academic Writing is the production of a sequence of sentences arranged in a particular order and

linked together to form a coherent whole called text.

• From a communicative perspective, we could understand writing as the ability to communicate with each other and express our own ideas in written form.

3. SPECIFIC SKILLS ATTACHED TO WRITING

• Writing is clearly a complex, multifaceted process requiring the ability to manipulate many sub-skills simultaneously

• involves being creative, spelling, grammar, punctuation, choice of appropriate words, sentences linking and text construction.

3.1. Graphic or Visual Skills

• Spelling Difference between pronunciation and spelling in the English language.

• How can our students improve their spelling?

• We advise them to:

a) select priority words to learn,

b) get plentiful, regular practice,

c) know about the language,

d) learn techniques,

e) develop an interest in words,

f) check their work,

g) have confidence in themselves.

3.1. Graphic or Visual Skills

• Punctuation Learning how to use punctuation correctly is a slow and laborious process. It should be started from the very beginning.

• Layout There are certain conventions on how to write a letter, construct a paragraph, organise a written text and so on that are culturally determined.

3.2. Grammatical Skills

• This refers to the students' skill in making

efficient use of grammatical structures and

constructions.

3.3 .Expressive or Stylistic Skills

• This includes the learners capacity to select the most appropriate meaning in a range of styles and registers Sociolinguistic competence

3.4 Rhetorical Skills

• This refers to the ability to use linguistic cohesive devices what we call connectors and modifiers in order to link parts of a text into logically related sequences discourse competence

3.5. Organisational Skills

• The organisation of pieces of information into paragraphs and texts.

4. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FOUR SKILLS

• It is an obvious fact that languages are spoken before they are written, and there are people who

communicate perfectly in the spoken language without being able to express themselves in writing.

4.1 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FOUR SKILLS

• When introducing the skills we should know

a) what stage the learners are at in the acquisition of their first language skills,

b) to ensure that we do not interfere with the learning process of their own language.

c) Only when reading and writing have been acquired in L1 can we begin the task with L2.

4.2 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FOUR SKILLS

• At beginner levels in particular, writing practice should be aimed at reinforcing the learning of linguistic elements which have been practised orally without forgetting to introduce our pupils to vocabulary practice and the structures of written language itself.

4.3 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FOUR SKILLS

• Integrated Skills It means that we can create activities, tasks where the four basic skills are integrated.

4.4 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FOUR SKILLS

• Integrating Reading and Writing. Reading and Writing are closely related

a) reading is a source of input and model for written language

b) there is a continual process of feedback between the two skills.

a) Reading as a source of input and model for written language

• Students need to receive language, a comprehensible input, by means of reading a

sufficient amount in order to develop their capacity.

• Beginners should be given models adapted to their level.

b) Continual process of feedback between the two skills

• We constantly read what we have written to revise content and grammar, organise the text, etc. So

there is a continuous feedback.

4.5 Integrating Speaking and Writing

• When we are writing something we usually try it out by pronouncing it internally in what is known as inner speech

4.6 Integrating Listening and Writing

• To get used to English spelling, it is better first to only hear the word, get to know its acoustic shape before writing it

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